Lecture 1

Question 1

Epidemiology

Answer 1

What causes disease

Question 2

Individual clinical expertise

Answer 2

What you do

Question 3

External clinical evidence

Answer 3

What the course helps with

Question 4

Ipana toothpaste

Answer 4

Certificate - twice a year

Question 5

Efficacy

Answer 5

Research studies. The extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen or service produces a beneficial result under ideal conditions.

Question 6

Effectiveness

Answer 6

A measure of the extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service when deployed in the field in routine circumstances, does what it is intended to do for a specified population.

Question 7

Heirarchy of evidence

Answer 7

Research (journals, conferences), textbooks (4 years old usually), internet, CE courses (mixed - bias from who is paying the presenter), experts.

Question 8

Heirarchy of evidence quality

Answer 8

1. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
2. Clinical trial (in humans)
3. Longitudinal cohort studies
4. Case-control studies
5. Descriptive and cross-sectional studies
6. Case reports and Case Series
7. Personal opinion, subjective impressions, anecdotal accounts

Question 9

RCT

Answer 9

Randomized clinical trial